Philosophy of Religion: An Anthology - Softcover

Louis P. Pojman (1935-2005) was Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the United States Military Academy and a Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. He received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary/Columbia University. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Copenhagen and a Rockefeller Fellow at Hamburg University. He received his D.Phil. in Philosophy from Oxford University in 1997.His first position was at the University of Notre Dame, after which he taught at the University of Texas at Dallas. Later, at the University of Mississippi, he served for three years as Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion. In 1995, he became Professor of Philosophy at the United States Military Academy at West Point. He most recently was Visiting Professor at Brigham Young University in Utah and Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall, Oxford University. Pojman won several research and teaching awards, including the Burlington Northern Award for Outstanding Teaching and Scholarship (1988) and the Outstanding Scholar/Teacher in the Humanities at the University of Mississippi (1994). He wrote in the areas of philosophy of religion, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy and authored or edited more than 30 books and 100 articles. Louis Pojman passed away in 2005.

Michael Rea is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2001. He earned his B.A. at UCLA in 1991 and his PhD at the University of Notre Dame in 1996. He is has written or edited more than ten books and thirty articles in metaphysics and the philosophy of religion, and has given numerous lectures in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Russia, China, and Iran.

"Solid, dependable and complete". -- Robert Micallef, Madonna University

"This is a well-balanced, excellent collection of the important essays in the area of the philosophy of religion." -- John Piippo, Monroe Community College

"This is an excellent text that has contributed to the well running of my course." -- James B Freeman, Hunter College and CUNY

"This book synthesizes some of the most well-known "classical" treatments of the topics it covers with the work of some of the best contemporary philosophers, providing a comprehensive approach to the most important issues in the philosophy of religion." -- Michael Thune, Joliet Junior College

"Overall one of the most balanced anthologies (classical/contemporary; religious/non-religious, etc.) one will find in the subject." -- Jason A Beyer, Illinois Community College